Abstract
Background: My research aimed to assess the impact of lockdown on SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic 13 days before lockdown, first and second 13 days during lockdown, and 13 days after the lockdown on the trends in the incidence, prevalence and mortality in the state of Bihar, India, during COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: The information on the number of cases and deaths due to COVID-19 pandemic in Bihar was obtained from Health Department Bihar, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, and lockdown data were obtained from online websites as well. The impact of lockdown for 13 days before lockdown, first and second 13 days during lockdown, and 13 days after the lockdown on the incidence, prevalence and mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Bihar was analyzed with Microsoft office and stata 15.1 for windows (64bit) will be used with Microsoft office in next version-2 of article. Results: The findings showed that except for Incidence /100000/ new death there was a trend toward a decline, and except for Prevalence/100000/confirmed cases from beginning of pandemic all other prevalence have increased. The total and observation period mortality rate due to the COVID-19 pandemic also increased. Conclusions: The findings indicate that 15 days after the lockdown, incidence, daily cases of COVID-19 and the growth of the disease showed a declined trend, but there was no significant decline in the prevalence and mortality. Funding Information: Self sponsored. No aid taken from individual or agency etc. Declaration of Interests: There are no conflicts / competing of interest.
Highlights
My research aimed to assess the impact of lockdown on SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic 13 days before lockdown, first and second 13 days during lockdown, and 13 days after the lockdown on the trends in the incidence, prevalence and mortality in the state of Bihar, India, during COVID-19 pandemic
The findings indicate that 15 days after the lockdown, incidence, daily cases of COVID-19 and the growth of the disease showed a declined trend, but there was no significant decline in the prevalence and mortality
I observed that 13 days after the Bihar lockdown there was no significant decline in the mean prevalence and mean mortality rate due to COVID-19 compared to 13 days before and 13–13(two observation) days during the lockdown in Bihar, India
Summary
My research aimed to assess the impact of lockdown on SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic 13 days before lockdown, first and second 13 days during lockdown, and 13 days after the lockdown on the trends in the incidence, prevalence and mortality in the state of Bihar, India, during COVID-19 pandemic. The delivery of health services is of greatest importance and major concern in India populous states like Bihar with imperfect and inadequate resources, lack of modern infrastructure and enormous demand on healthcare structure. As per projection of census, population of Bihar in 2021 is 13.12 Crore (1). The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic had offered a challenge even for developed healthcare systems around the globe. A sense of panic engrossed the globe due to pandemic and the state of Bihar in India is not exclusion. Have been largely utilized to tackle the situation of pandemic. This shift has tremendous effect of continuing various health programmes running formerly before the pandemic era (2)
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